The Sun. — London, England, 1809-02-06 00:00:00

session of it, but finding it had been capttired by the French, she was.obliged - ta, mitt her cables and stand out to sea. his Majesty's; Ship Revenge, of 74 guns, , • from off Ushaq ; and Plover Sloop of War, : from a cruize. Arrived a Portuguese Schooner from LisbOn,bound to Oporto, laden.with gunpowder, captured by L'Hete French. Corvette ; of 20 guns and 10 men, bound to 'St. Domingo, in lat. 41, long. Go, and given up.to the Portuguese. She had previously. taken the Lord Mo/grave Transport, from COrunna, bound to Vigo, and an English ' Brig, from LiverpOol to Oporto. The Masters'and Crews of those vessels are arrived here in the Schooner. The Corvette was bound to St. Domirto with dispatChes. PottTsmouTn, FEB. s.—Arrived the Viaory, of ipo guns, Capt. SENELL, from Plymouth ; Coquette, Capt. FORBES, from the. Downs; and the Phipps Sloop of War, Capt. BELL, dismasted v s she sailed from Cork On 'the 22d ult. with a convoy for the West Indies, which have been all dispersed in suc cessive gales of wind. Sailed the Saturn, of 74 guns, to rejoin Sir E. STRACII AN'S Squadron ; and the Albion Cutter, Lieut. WEIR, on a cruize. DEAL, Tin. s. —Arrived his Majesty's Ships''Scb. turn, from Plymciuth ; and Challenger, from 'cruize, and remain in the Downs'with his Majesty's Ships, * as per bit. Sti63ll NESS, Fan. s.—Sailed up . to Northileet hisilibhusTy's Sloop Lynx, Capt. MARSHA Lt, to refit; t he Havotk Gun-brig for Yarmouth, .and the Bravedageren for the Dons. Arrrived the Glommed from IS . iart;ate, wit'h the ifull'of the Appeßes Sloop, 'east away sometime ago on Margate beach it a gale of \viri. ,Capiain is appointed Pay-Captain nt this Part, vice. Capt. MANsriELD, who retires from ill health. Sailed his Majesty's Ship ifound to Woolwich. GiEENOCX, li'En.3.-'—:ekrriVed on Wednesday the Pomona, M i &AUGHT, from Grenada—sailed tad bec.--the packet for En ;land sailed three days be.. lore. The outward bound Jamaica fleet froth Cork passed, Grenada 18th December. On the 16th ult. the Pomona spo'co the Coh2m, a sloop of war, on her return to Bermuda, having accompanied the ex pedition under Sir GemtcE PIOSOST, consisting of :3500 men,' from Halifax, and parted with them on the 29th December, to windward of liarbadoes ; and immediately on their arrival there ) the expedi tion was to sail against Martinique. Previous to the sailing of the Pomona, General AlikiTLAt4o-, rt►ith the 15th 'regiment, from Grebada, sail to join in the attack; •CoRK, 30.,—The 'Sarah and Henry trap= Sports, two of the Beet *lila sailed from Spithead with General Sattannootta's . kmpalition.; have ar rived at Cave with part of the 88th regiment on board. The ileet sailed ,under convoy of the !viole frigate, and consisted -of between thirty add forty sail. Their destination was Cadiz, The Sarah and Henry parted company on the 24th inst. in lat. 46. 32. long. o. 9. in very stormy weather. The Decade Frigate, Capt. Sim/um . has ar rived in Cove, having 'seen the West India Fleet that,sailed from this Harbour on the 4th November, • Mnder convoy of the Sparrori , , as far as Madeira. Since that period she has been cruizing, and captured a Schooner from Bourdeaux bohnd to Martinique with various sorts of Merchandize. The Schooner had on board a splendid Order of the Le gion of Honour, a present train BUONAPARTH to the French Admiral commanding at that Island. Seven Sail of the West India Fleet which left Cove on the 2 ISt insant, under convoy of the Fyita„ have returned7to Cove. Those' Ships parted com pany on the .26th, i n lat. 49. to. N. and long. 10. b. .The Commodore had only then ten sail itt com pany, • ~1 Th e Jose Vianaller arrived at Cove; she sailed wit h Provisions for the Squadron in the Tagus, w hich sailed under c on voy of bis Majesty's Gun brig Virago, on the 20th iii t, whet; the Jane lost the Virago, they were oloie off lit!?st.- DISTRIBUMN , OE PRIZE hION Er. To the §liip Essex, for this capture of several Dutch Ships off the Island of St. Helena, 'by Captain Essington's 'Squa dron, on the 2cl of. Feb. at Kn. 5, White Lion Coon; Bir. chin Lane, and ey err Thirsd.:y till the whole is paid. - . To the Diana, for 'the capture of the Horizon, at No, 4, element's inn, every Tuesday 2114 Friday, tor three Alonths. To ,the Emerald, for the capture of the,American b r i g IrTieridsbip, every Titesctity Friday, for Three Months, at Lyne's Of Plymouth. To the l'slelponiene, for the C:lliturc of the Madona Adol- I;rata, and the Madonna dell Cl ruzie, ;n4l arnielsivoli, at !to, 22, Essex-street, Strand, every Tuesday and Friday, tor Three Months. To the Bellerophon and Elephant, for the ordnance stores captured on hoard the Duquesne, at- No. tt, Cecil-street, *Very day for Three mnths. To the Essex, tar the capture of 52VCral Dutch ships off The Island of St. Helena, by Captain EOSINGTON'S squadron, 4t Wide Lion•contt, itirchin-laue, between eleven 21 1 d one, every Thu raday, To the schooner Pax, present at the recapture of the Wilda Mater, Ssvulifh Galhot, on her arrival in 'pots, /aid eller. se=ts at 1 . 4. t 1114 1 ,1! • Street,-Strand. E4YTI. A Gentleman arrived in town on Satqrday morn ing, having left Port-au-Prince on the 26th 91 No vember, three days later thaw the. previous advices from thence. He,sailed in a vessel called the Carl ton, which prOceeded to Gibraltar. 'By, thiS Gen tleman we learn, that on the sth the,, President Petion received diipatches from his General La Marre, commanding before S t. Marc's, communica ting the intelligence that he had fallen in with and.inter cepted 'an escort of 400 Of ChriitoiAte's troops, charged with the delivery . of ;.30,n0u dollars; wall which it was intended to pay the troops cooped up in St. Marc's' by the army under La Marre.' The : whole fell an easy prey, the trobpi were Made pn 'soners, and the money •secutecL- Ten thoUSand dollars were immediately distribUted among the ,troops composing Petion's besieging army, under the Command of La Marre, and the remainder were deposited in the military chest fur future distribution:, A few days alter Wa r ds ano th er sma ll p ar t y , w i t h XBOOO dollars, was also intercepted. This - party, having been informed of the fate of the 'former, sur , . .rendered without an attempt at resistance. This news had inspired the people under the mild government of Petion with more - than usual confidence, it having been long before ascertained that Christophe's troops in St. Marc's had refused to fight till they had been paid at least a portion of the sum due to them for their for Mer services. Through the medium of the American Papers we' were lately informed that Petion's schooners, which had been stationed so as to give annoyaneetoSt. Marc's by sea, had been destroyed by his' antagonist, but this is now denied. Down to the s.).tith of Novem ber no such misfortune had happened, nor was it dreaded ; on the contrary the vessels which had. been purchased at Jamaica by the President Petion, were nearly ready for sea, and when fully equipped were to proceed to join ehe schooners with which they were to co-operate; whilst a reinforcement, consisting of 8000 men, about to leave Port Port-au- Prince, were to join the army under La Mane. This appears to have been the real situation of things in Hayti on the 26th 'of November. SPAIN. EXTRACT 0I? A LETTEIR FROM MAJOR 'GREt . II', ASIISTft ANT ADJUTANT GENERAL, DATED` LERIDA, NO . VEMBUR .(.12, 1608. In addition to the very strong testimony of the city of Lerida's sincere attachment to the British Nation,, td which I informed you in my last ) viz. that the Junta sent a• divination, with a physician and surgeon, to attend me,:at the small town of Praga, where I 'waS attacked with a serious illness on my route to Catalonia, I have to tell you of the very great attention I received from this Juntn upon my convalescence. ,-, A Deputation was tent With the Bishop's car riage and servants to conduct me to the city (about four leagues distance), with a solicitation from the Junta that I would visit their city, it being the par ticular wish of .the inhabitants to deMonstrate their attachment to Great, 'Britain. In every' point'of viLw, I conceived it Would have been impolitic and ungrateful to have refused the attentions of th 4 respeaahle, city, I therefore did not hesitate to ac cept them. " A band of niusic, and itliotit o Initidred flam beaux, waited my arrival , at the gates, and, attended the 'Carriage to the house destined for rityrecePtiOn, which was' the best in the town. Theugh night the sfr&ts Wert-so crowded, that it was with culty the carriage could move. On my alighting. Viva Inglderra," was exclaithed from the people; —the Members of the Junta met me at the stairir, and I 'was.conduded, with as much attention as if I had-been an Ambassador, into a handsome suite of apartments, which were immediately crowded by the Nobility, Clergy,. and Gentry of the place. A 'grand " Resfusco" was given. The two following Says concerts were performed at the lionse, and af terwards a ball was given, at which all the city were present. The following day the Bishop's carriage, and every attention and honour were prepared tor, recondueting tue to Praga, bad Lnot received orders from the British Commissioner to remain in Cate lonia till his arrival. , . " Such honours.atui attentions paid by the inha•!. bitants of an individual city to a British subject, may ser\'e to dernonstrte the enthusiatnn of the country, the sincere alliance of Spain." LEITH, Feu. 3:—A discovery. has been• made.by the exertions' of the Intendant of Police : several seamen belonging to the Berwick smacks, and other coasting vessels, have been in the practice, for years past, of drawing otf, by . means of tin cubes, great quantities of sugar, from casks shipped at London and Leith, after they were stowed in the hold of the vessels, by making spoil holes in the casks. Seve ral of the offenders have been disc overe d, an d two tin-swith's apprentices convicted.of making the tin tubes, are now in custody: A letter from Selkirk, olgoth January, mentions,. that a dreadlul inundation' happened there on Satur day evening, from .the river Ettrick being so much swellud by. the great rain, and yery, sudden departure: of the -snow froM the very high mountains around, the country. It was never retnembered, by the oldest person, to be.so high, by fourtee&inches, as on Saturday evening .01)* hall past ten, 1 ) . M. when considerable d:lutage was done. The sluice of the mill lead vas entirely taken a way,and considerable damage Otte, to Mr. Mint°, tenant in li.inglee. Several of his enclosures .were broken. clown by the water, which extended :dmost to his stark-yard,' a &once of about half a mile from its usual course. The importation of wine from. Oporto has, for some time past exceeded, pn the avera4e, 5(4000 gallons weekly. The impottation of wines Srnrn France is to a surprising extent, co ns id er i n g th e dif ficulty which attends our intercourse with that corm try. The entries at the Custom-House:for the last week was 3920 gallons ; and, daring the week pre ceding:6B'o9 gallons. A man at Buothby, in Lincolnshire, named Blackburn, being lately disappointed in a matrimo nial negoctation, swallowed nearly hail a pound of mercury in three pints of ale, and died immediately after. At 'Lcintb, a yithig man named Boeoclt, from a similar cause, on • NVeloL:s(lay last took nearly two ounces of laudanum, and soon after., PORTRY: TO TILE HERB ROS E Y Sweetieented tioOkor ; who'rt wont to bloom 'Ott janutly's front severe; r • ' And o'er the wint'ry desart drear To waft the:Waite Perfume ! • • Come, thou shalt- form My nosegay now, Anil 1 will bind thee round my brow, - And as . 1 twine the moUrnfuVivreath, weave airielartchOly song, • 'Antfsweit the strain shall be and long, The'melody` of 'Come, fun'ral flow'r i who lov'st to dwell With the pale eors* in lonely tomb, And throw, across the &Sart gloom A sweet decaying smell, • . . Come press my lips, and lie with me fleneath the lowly Alder tree, And we Will sleep a pleasant sleep, And not a care shall'darcintrude To bre,tk Me 'Marble solitude, So peaceltil, and so deep. And hark the Wincl.:God, as he fliesi Motirnsitollow in the forest 'rites, And sailing'on the gusty breeze. Mysterious Music dies. Sweet flow'r l 'that requiem wild 'is mine *a It warns me to the lowly shrine, The cold turf altar of the dead ; My grave shall be in yon tone spot, Where as I lie by all forgot, A dyinglragrance thou wilt o'er my ashrs shed. • 1 * The, reader will regret to hear that the inelancholy pre. sentiment' of approaching tate was realized in the death of the au tho - r, before he was, tiveuty.one y ea s of age. Tut nt , EBA.-.:-The new CoMie gperaYentitled I riltigialdse Ilizzari, was repeated On Saturday last, at the King's Theatre, with increased success, and before the most numerotis andience that hascittended this season. gigobta COLLINI is now firm in the possession of Tier powers,. and her talents 'appear to more advantage. Though certainly.not equal to CAMLANI, she is an admirable substitute. Her voice is very pleasing, site sings with knowledge and taste, and is , a charming ztelress. .I\r,iLpi has hardly!, quite enottgh to do iti'this Opera, bin he mokes.all he does efreaive. He and CoLLixt were excellent in a trip; in the second a6l, in which PuerrrA ac quitted herself tolerahly. VEsTlits continues to rise in public litvoUr. 'He Wag delightfully supported by 4. yery•gracefol and interesting dancer. I.4sit4yes, put upon his' mettle by these. 'new performerEi„ exerted himself, more than ever, and in his way he has no reason to dread a compe tition. • THE K ENT, Who. appeared .to so much advantage at Drury-lane Theatre, in the part of Sir ,George „Airy, came forward again on Satur day last, as Loom, in the comic Opera nf . CWinet. It is so seldom that wefind on the. English Stage a singer who is capable of acting .also,' that we coogniteldte the • 7.‘,lanogers on .the acquisition Of this performer, Who posseses a fine voice, and who has good sense enough to snpport charaetei, and give point and .effeet to dialogue. Mr. KENT was evi dently under the imiireoion of diffidence:on. Satur day, probably on coining so near to such an admir able singer as. BitAitAm ; but he displayed sound 'taste and .knowledge in hiy execution of the airs allotted to him,. and we have no doubt that he %trill stand high in public respect, 'by .the rare union, of musical and theatrical ability. Mr. H. SIDDON6 is to have the management of 'the Edinburgh Theatre, to which he and his wife are to remove .2t the close of the &event Drury Lane season. and Lieutenant U. of the Navy, filet on Thursday Morning, in Stirrey, to terminate an nrifoetnnate diffeirence that had .arisen reape6thpg a woman That had been u keeping ,by the fOrmet for so'me'time. The event was, that the first - shot hit Captain W. ; he fell, languished till the next morning, and then died ; thus falling, a sa crifice in a very bad POW. Ho was long in the service of his conntry, in foreign climes;' and had lately returned froni America, to endeavour to re covor the elPets of a wound he bad' received. Among . _ the Emigrants of distin4tion, who lefi COinnna on the einbarkatiOn of 'the, British army, Was the ildie R A Auttss. This title alone a 4,4 su gg e,tthose feelings of sympathy and re sp e which Will be excited by the . information that this illustrions Nobleman is the lineal descendant of, perhaps, tl!e greatest man Spain ever produced, ,entitr,iTurn CoLingaus. The Duke Met with an avluttt on board Admiral DE Contici's ship, the Ten 4fini lt 18 stated that the maiden name of .Mrs. Clarke vas not Thompson, but Farquhar. Her father west' journeyman prieter, of that branch called a comp sitar, and he worked many years in the house of ,Mr, Hughes, an eminent master printer. He occu pied a house (belonging to Mi. Burnell, the stone maion of Cursitor-street), situated in the court 4 1) - Mediately leading out of Fetter-lane to Cursitur street.- About eighteen years ago, Mrs. Clarke, then tihont• fourteen years of age, resided with her pa, rents, and was remarked by the young men passing through the court, it being a thoroughfare, as a very pretty, sprightly, gaily disposed wench, .she being very fond of sheaving herself in the coat, and of at-• traaing attention. At this time Mr. Joseph Clarke,, son of a JespeOal.ile builder on Snow.hill, was ap prentice to Mr. Burnell, *the mason in Cursitor street,.aod, became amazingly, eilamoured, of Mina Farquhar, who readily received .his addresseF, dbe married her.—MrS. Clarke had tv.o brothers, woof wimtn entered the army as a common soldier, and is supposed to be dead,and it is believed the other brother is dead also. Sins had R sister. Whether the Inotlya and sister are still living, is enknown ); but the per son Mrs. Clarke calls her mother, is supposed to be her chief adviser and confederate, though no . rela. t ion. A trading Vessel, supposed to have been of eon siderable burthen i was dashed to p . t.ces )11 the rocks off Mullion (about 7 wiles N. \V. of the liz!trd), cm Tuesday ulorning, and all on bo.nd perished. Only one dead body h a d b een washed Ashole Wedn.:sdny ; ar d nothing has appeared to ascertain the name of the Vessel. Tte following ProciaMation Ina been issued by the.AlcirtugUeSe, respecting the number of Frencis. spies that have spread themselves in various disguises throughout Portugal It has been ascertained, by various means, that a number of, French Officers,. and :Adler pees )tis, disguised in different .ways,. but chiefly in the dress of Fria ks and Priests, '.4re travelling through the . country practising the vile others , of spies, and en deavouring tolearn the srrength of our forces', Iheii • positions, theie State .of equipitient, See. • As the ;National Militia were extremely vigilant in &Cover ling,;french eniissariei.iii the Memorable -months of iJune and July last, it seems proper that this im portant branch of the military police Should again be entrusted t 0,,. thew. Vtie Governors ; the Magi?, trates, in a word, all the Public Authorities, ought togive the most stria orders for the accomplishment of this object. The mode which appears th e m )•:t obvious for seizing th e said spies and evilsdispostqi persons, is to .440 the .guards who are posted, in certain distrias in the streets and roads, and at the gates of towns, to examine all persons who may not be knoWn to theM, and to take into custody all strangers who are not furnished with authentic pais ports. It must be recolleeed, however, that there are many forged and falsified passports, and wheo the Security of the country is the Ojai in view, it is a less evil to detain an innocent person until all ground of suspicion is removed, than to suffer tire wicked agents of the enemy to escape their merited punishineut. Within the cities and towns this im portant business is expetled to be more particularly watched over by the Magittrates. The ,praeti,'e hitherto adopted, of receiving from the inokeepers and masters of ordinaries, returns of the names pt . their guests, is, in the present eireuniseauce dent.., It is absolutely necessary tluis the ma g i.. trates should employ able and active officers to go to those places at the hours of dinner and supper r (recommending it to the masters of such hOUSQ.3 to give information when strangers airive at 'ether hours), to examine the passports of the irmelleas or guests, and to apprehend all those of whom they may entertain the slightest suspicion: It is to be hoped that all Magistrates, Captains •General, &c. will execute these and all other suitable meant, ,with such prudence and promptitude, as speedily to des liver us from this evil, as it at present ext , t , ainfto deter others .from devoting themselves to so base, atf employnient." • no lion& continue out to an injiWous extent in various parts of the country. letters on Satin day are ti!led with details or the damage snst;iined by the inonda.lon. The roads to 'Ga4tshurou;rh are ih such a condition, that i t i s tieessary to come}' tMfr mails, &c. in`boats. On .11111rSi.1:11,' the water bad sp subsided on the road; thin a man, named Chambers, attemptt.d to go on hOrsehaek to o-neighbotn big village, hut had not proceeded far before be way; drowned. About Doncaster the inundations me greater ban ever rerneln t! red. At Ea§andine; four miles from S!itinford, the tinter is so much out,t hat a horse was a , teWdays sine; xlroWned on the road; and the rider narrowly ez-i(•apod The same fate. At ' Downham, the upland water's have descended in torrents, and the banks uf the river \Vissey have been overflowed ; the parishes of Stoke, Wrettnr, Dereham, Werehatr, Deaver, fox , ham; and 'a great part Of many 'adjoining village;, ;tre, in contiequenee,- inundated.- 'The bank of the New Bedford River his been broken and, by the overflowing of the River Nolte, the turnpike-road formed one sheet of %vat erin cons mon with the overflowed lands in CutwelL Sony,;., persons have lost their lives, and a quantity of cattle has been drowned. Much damage has been sustained by violent flood. on the Etterick ; and the beautiful new bridge built over the Yarrow, LI miles fro.n Selkirk, leadi tag to the New Road up to Etterick, has been entirely swept away. During the high wind, on Monday night, one n the large trees at the entrance to Sprowsion-hall, Norwich, was blown down. It is remarh3No o w t it was planted the day King Charles was bi . headed.' Jan.3o, t 649, and blown down the SUM: day, t s being I 6c years old. _ _ Oil Monday evening last, the wind blew from off the Middle Storehouse, in His Alajestr's Duel, yard, at Portsmouth, 5 Join 1 cwt of lead, in tlire(i pieces. One piece, weighing about bo cwt. w:l5 carried by the violenc4 of the gale across the reati way, to the di,tance of 111 feet ; • one piece, weigh ing abet t4O cat. was driven to The distance of t t'..! feet; and the other piece; weighing 31 .CWit. dr ( tp., pecl in the roa,l-way, at the distance of 7,5 feet. FIRE.—We are very happy, on the hest Autho r . rity, to inform the numerous friends of r. Bituor, the At my Agent; that by the great exertions at tilt, firemen, and the, most naive and friendly aqsistanee of his neighbours (for which ha begs them to n cept his sincere thanks), during the tire which paned at 101 late Office, Pall Mall Cruet he hss . been enabledio save hisfaniily, with the whole of his .books, and papers, and alsm the • greater t irt. of , his other property. iiiil4llC Mr. BAT family and papers were secured, he left the precr . . , ration of hi furniture and other property io neighhows, and directed his whole tti(-noi i , it ti , care the books and papers in the 'nem huese, longing to ALEX. ANN, the Army Apt,;'i. and Mr. AtiGes M, onnNALD. The Mr. litho 's •now 'carried on at N4o, York-street, .St, James's-square. . SMITHFIELD NIARKET Fes This days ruirket had a considerable /If prime.beaqs,.and the show of cattle in other rclk.plJ.-.. VaS pretty good; Beef, Mimeo, and Veal are tt. , rt , than' our last report; Pork is rather cheaper, the trade in general was some hat brisk. Tt:e 'in the Haymarket were tolerably lively .1 Ta t , and Clover obtained last prices.--SVc ni, accurate statement of. the prices and numbers : To sink the CAM per stone of 81b. Beef s. 6d. to ss. &I.—Mutton 4s. 44, to.is. 6s. od. to 75. 84.—Laatb os. od. to os. su. :11 t) 60 , 4d. • ' Ittafits. tActo.—Sheep, es Hay ;t. tjs. ad. to 61. Iss. ad --Ch.; , .. et ei. tat. to - 0 Iss. od.—Straw ti. ad. to 41.. 25 . att. CORY-Exdu4l.lol, Fait. (S.—There is a supply of Wheat arrived to day, and but fe1... , oftpeo'qullity, other sorts are heavy sal a,! cheaper ; 11,trley iti short supply, and Iteevi it very little Malt, and few White Peas , : ; both soils support their prices ; OAT at a '‘: irs _ •